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10. Calls upon the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in
accordance with their mandates, work programmes and priorities, to coordinate effectively their activities in
support of national and regional action in the area of human resources development and capacity-building,
both among themselves and with other development partners, and to strengthen the impact of their
development activities on human resources development;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth
session an assessment of the effectiveness of the contribution made by the United Nations system to advance
human resources development through its operational activities, and to make recommendations to further
enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of its contribution to human resources development, including the
identification of possible new approaches that will enhance their impact;
12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session, under the item entitled
"Sustainable development and international economic cooperation", the sub-item entitled "Human resources
development".
77th plenary meeting
18 December 1997